Determination of COVID-19 as a Quarantinable Communicable Disease
Questions and answers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined that COVID-19
meets the definition for “severe acute respiratory syndromes” set forth in E.O. 13674.
Therefore, this novel coronavirus is a “quarantinable communicable disease,” as defined
by E.O. 13295, as amended by E.O.s 13375 and 13674.
Additional information on quarantinable communicable diseases is available from the
CDC website.
Last Updated: 3/7/2020
Last Updated: 3/7/2020